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I’m sure plenty of people have been on buses that broke down in Central America, but your note reminded me of when the same thing happened to me and a bunch of volunteers in Honduras. We had just spent an amazing week in the middle of the jungle helping to build a small library that would serve several remote villages. On the way back to Tegucigalpa our bus stopped in a rural area and we spent a few unnerving hours waiting for a replacement to arrive. Hope you made it out without any issues!